Basketball Hall of Fame

The
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, located in downtown
Springfield, Massachusetts, honors players who have shown exceptional
skill at basketball, all-time great coaches, referees, and other major
contributors to the game. It is separate from the Naismith Museum &
Basketball Hall of Fame in Almonte, Ontario. Six entire teams have been
inducted—Naismith's First Team, the Buffalo Germans, the New York
Renaissance, the Original Celtics, the Harlem Globetrotters, and most
recently the 1966 Texas Western team.The Naismith Memorial Basketball
Hall of Fame's mission preserves and promotes the game at all levels
and serves as basketball's ultimate library of history.